127 MED GP HISTORICAL REPORT

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Subject: 127 MED GP HISTORICAL REPORT                                    

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Folder Title: 127 MED GROUP HISTORICAL REPORT OPERATION DESERT SHIELD-STORM                                   

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                                  127 MED GP HISTORICAL REPORT, 910401

            4AREHOUSE LIVING


            THE UNIT SET UP TWO ROWS OF COTS FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER INSIDE THE
            WAREHOUSE WHERE EVENTUALLY 2,000 TOTAL TROOPS WERE HOUSED. EACH INDIVIDUAL
            AREA WAS APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET BY FOUR FEET. THE UNIT AREA WAS SET UP IN THE
            PARKING LOT ACROSS FROM THE WAREHOUSE THAT HELD THE SIX UNIT VEHICLES. THE
            LIVING CONDITIONS WERE CRAMPED AND FILTHY. LATRINE AND SHOWER FACILITIES WERE
            LESS THAN ADEQUATE AND SANITATION WAS ALMOST NONEXISTANT. MEALS WERE
            '@--:.'TRACTED BY SAUDI ARABIAN FOOD SERVICE SOURCES AND FOR EACH MEAL THE WAITING
            -1@4E WAS APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES. MOST OTHER AREAS AROUND THE PORT WERE OFF
              '"ITS AND THERE WERE TWO ALERTS. CLOTHES WERE WASHED IN BUCKETS AT THE END
            JF THE WAREHOUSE.   THE UNIT SPENT EIGHT DAYS AT THE PORT.


            TAA ROOSEVELT


            LOADED ON TWO BUSES, TWO S&P TRUCKS AND ORGANIC VEHICLES, THE UNIT DEPARTED
            THE PORT AT 1900 HOURS, 22 DECEMBER 1990, AND TRAVELED ALL NIGHT, 22 HOURS, TO
            ARRIVE NEAR TACTICAL ASSEMBLY AREA (TAA) "ROOSEVELT." THE UNIT SPENT THE
            NI&HT IN THE OPEN DESERT FREEZING NIGHT AIR ON COTS AND HUDDLED IN SLEEPING
            BA-OS. THE NEXT DAY, THE UNIT MOVED TO THE FIRST TAA, JUST NORTH OF TAPLINE
            ROAD, AND THREE TENTS IN WHICH TO SLEEP. UNAWARE THAT THE WEATHER WOULD BE SO
            COLD THE UNIT WAS NOT PREPARED FOR BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES. THE NEXT DAY
            WAS CHRISTMAS AND THE 87TH LOGISTICAL TASK FORCE (LTF) PREPARED AN EXCELLENT
            CHRISTMAS DINNER WHERE THE WAITING LINE WAS ONE AND ONE-HALF HOURS - BUT WELL
            WORTH THE WAIT.


            THE ENSUING DAYS WERE FILLED WITH FILLING SAND BAGS, DIGGING AND IMPROVING
ICATIONS, LINES OF
            COMMAND, ORGANIZATION OF LIVING AREAS AND RECEIVING SUBORDINATE UNITS INTO THE
            TAA. THE WEATHER REMAINED COLD AND RAIN MIXED WITH SAND STORMS WERE QUITE
            FREQUENT. GUARD DUTY, LATRINE DETAIL, GARBAGE DETAIL, KITCHEN POLICE, WASHING
            'CLOTHES AND POLICE CALL BECAME THE AFTER HOURS ENTERTAINMENT. BUNKER DRILLS
            WERE PRACTICED AND STRESS LEVELS INCREASED AS THE WAR SEEMED TO BE IMMINENT
            AND CLOSE BY. DAILY ARTILLERY FIRE WAS HEARD. KEROSENE HEATERS AND OTHER
            ITEMS TO STAVE DFF THE COLD WERE PROCURED. WOODEN FLOORS WERE INSTALLED IN
            TENTS AND TENT LINERS WERE TIGHTENED. WE DUB IN.




















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